NICKEL CHLORIDE

What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).

  Prohibition or serious classification Classified under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

  For a question about your own situation, ask your doctor, midwife or pharmacist.

• Babies and children

  The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.

  Worth watching Classified under the CLP Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); respiratory sensitisation, category 1 (Resp. Sens. 1); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1).

• Environment

  Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.

  Worth watching Classified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).

• Read on the label

  The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.

Prohibited in cosmetics

CosIng links the name NICKEL CHLORIDE to this Annex II entry.

Entry

Annex II, No 1419

Substance

Nickel dichloride

CAS

7718-54-9

EC

231-743-0

Identity

CosIng identifier

100945

CAS (according to CosIng)

7718-54-9, 7791-20-0

Declared functions

pH adjusters

CosIng cites 2 CAS numbers for this name: it covers several substances.

nickel dichloride

Carcinogenicity, category 1A (Carc. 1A); Germ cell mutagenicity, category 2 (Muta. 2); Reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B)

Hazard classes

Carcinogenicity, category 1A (Carc. 1A)
Germ cell mutagenicity, category 2 (Muta. 2)
Reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B)
Acute toxicity, category 3 (Acute Tox. 3)
Specific target organ toxicity, repeated exposure, category 1 (STOT RE 1)
Skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2)
Respiratory sensitisation, category 1 (Resp. Sens. 1)
Skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1)

Hazard statements

H350i H341 H360D*** H331 H301 H372** H315 H334 H317 H400 H410

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

Same entries as in the European Union. Their maximum concentrations are compared in the “Comparison between countries” table; other conditions (product types, warnings) may differ.

Switzerland

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).

United States, federal rules

None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.